INFECTION
year , of whom an estimated
29,000 perish 30 days after
their initial diagnosis, reaping
an annual death toll on
par with motor-vehicle collisions,
according to the Center
for Disease Control.
After Lillis’s mother died
in 2009, the Slope resident
created the Peggy Lillis Foundation
to spread awareness to
the little-known, but lethal
infection.
Now, the Kings County
man works with other organizations
to host an annual
C. diff summit, where experts
share potentially life-saving
information about the deadly
microbes.
The fi rst two summits
were hosted in New York
City, but the event moved to
Washington, D.C., last year,
and was followed up by a day
of intense lobbying, where approximately
two dozen advocates
met with nearly 50 lawmakers
in both houses, many
of whom had never heard of
the illness.
“Only three of them had
every heard of the disease,”
Lillis said.
And this year they’re
heading back to ask Congress
to approve new programs to
spread awareness for the obscure
killer, enhance regulations
around reporting the
illness, and increase funding
to study and fi ght the illness.
“All these advocates have
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appointments with their Congress
members and senators,
who will be gong to offi
ces sharing their stories,
and things congress can do to
make a tangible difference,”
said Lillis.
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parents understand the
pay rates, benefi ts, responsibilities,
and other concerns
associated with hiring
an in-house childcare
professional.
“We’ve had nanny’s stealing
alcohol, shoplifting,
pocketing money for music
class, so we’ve created guides
on how to double check that
your nanny is doing a good
job,” said Fox, who noted that
the vast majority of nannies
are on the level, with less
than one-percent of parents
reporting crooked childcare.
So far, Fox has only gotten
about half of the roughly
800 respondents she needs to
fi ll out her hotly anticipated
report, and the mom doctor
noted that every year is a
battle when it comes to getting
Brooklyn’s busy nanny
bosses to set aside 10 minutes
to answer questions for the
greater good.
“It’s a bigger and bigger
challenge every year,” said
Fox. “There’s just so much
info coming into people’s
inboxes.”
In the past, Fox has asked
moms and dads if they cough
up a little extra for their nanny’s
MetroCard and phone
expenses, but this year’s survey
will be the fi rst to questions
parents on whether
they feel their baby sitter’s
phone habits get in the
way of their chaperoning
responsibilities.
“There’s defi nitely way
too many people plugged
in,” said Fox. “We’re asking
whether or not parents talk
to their nannies about how
much time they should spend
on their phones.”
Parents from across the
borough still have until the
end of April to participate
in Fox’s survey , which she
hopes to release sometime
in May.
SAVING OTHERS: Christian Lillis, right, became a leading advocate
spreading awareness for C. diff, a deadly infection that killed his mother
Peggy, middle. Christian Lillis
BABYSITTERS CLUB: A Park
Slope data analyst is asking Kings
County stroller pushers to fi ll
out a survey regarding the pro
babysitters of Brooklyn.
Photo by Natallie Rocha
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